In the midst of a seven-game losing streak, the Chicago Blackhawks come across a team having a similarly down season in the Nashville Predators on Wednesday night at the United Center.
The Predators are near the bottom ten in Corsi and expected goals, with their 5-on-5 play tanking so far this season. Nashville’s special teams aren’t much better, with the second-worst power play in the league at 15.1 percent and a penalty kill that’s successful just 76 percent of the time — 22nd in the league.
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Part of the problem for the Predators is their goaltender, Juuse Saros, is down to a .